How does one even begin to deal with an ex-husband who uses his child to garner sympathy for himself? Who will stop at nothing to be divisive and try to slowly and secretly corrode the relationship you have with your child. My son has come back from two sleepovers by his dad with things that…
I am going to stay where I am for the first time in my life. I am not going to uproot my son and take him away from his comfortable life to be closer to an abusive man. A man who hurt his mother and pretends that it didn’t happen. If he hurt me then…
My lawyer contacted me last week to inform me that he would be sending the draft petition to my husband this week. I feel edgy and nervous. What’s going to happen next? How will he react? This will be the first official document that he receives informing him that I want a divorce. I have…
Happy New Year to you all! I haven’t posted for a while because I have had very little time to myself at home. Ironically when I am at work, I have more time to blog! For those of you who have been following my blog, my husband (soon to be ex) left yesterday and so…
You push me to the edge, over and over. Do you enjoy seeing me mad? Losing Control? Is it the reaction that you want? You twist my words and contort your face to corrupt any good feeling in the room. My confidence and calm are personal affronts to you. My pain is your sport. Your…
Dear Reader, Today I won’t even apologise for the raw, unbridled anger that courses through my veins!! As some of you may know, I generously allowed my soon to be ex-husband into my home so that he could spend time with our son over the holidays as he lives and work abroad and said that…
So much has already been written about crazy making in relationships but today I felt the need to remind myself of it all. My husband and I have been separated for a while but last night he arrived from abroad for a visit. He will be staying with us for three weeks and spending…
For too long, I have allowed others to tell my story. To speak for me. Sometimes in the third person when I am in the very same room. Words about me, for me but not by me!I have listened to the words and wondered who they belong to. I have stood in embarrassment and wanted…
Emotional abuse is very hard to define, let alone pinpoint. How does one know they are in an emotionally abusive relationship? With physical abuse, there are the obvious physical markings that you can point to and say ‘look I have been physically abused’, a scratch, a bite mark, a bruise or a scar. With verbal…
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